The Desire for Advanced Technology and the Reversal of Appropriateness: the Technological Competition between Laparoscopic Sterilization and Mini-laparotomy in 1960-80s South Korea
This article examines the technological competition between laparoscopic sterilization and mini-laparotomy from the 1960s to the 1980s in South Korea and analyzes the motives of obstetricians and gynecologists for participating in the Family Planning Program. Obstetricians and gynecologists were key...
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| Language: | English |
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Korean Society for the History of Medicine
2022-04-01
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| Series: | Uisahak |
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| Online Access: | http://www.medhist.or.kr/upload/pdf/kjmh-31-1-263.pdf |